is JPasswordField.getPassword() encrypted
I've done some digging on the JPasswordField component and I can't seem to tell if the method getPassword() returns an encrypeted char [].
The reason I ask this is because i have coded a form asking for information to login to a mySQL database. I have basic textFields for the URL, database, port, and username info and then a JPasswordField for the password.
I was having problems with a authentication Exception being thrown by the JDBC driver. I then decided to output those strings in a System.out.println() so I could see what the password field was returning and its output show something like "s\@3ld6bu". I realized it was probably encrypting the entry but after reading the javaDoc and doing a forum search no one seems to say the getPassword() method encrypts the input.
basically my code is broken when i use the getPassword() method so instead I have to use getText() which works fine.
can someone clarify this for me.
